I found if I wrap a couple winds of white Teflon tape around the bottle neck threads and then "screw" the cone onto the 2L bottle (dry/empty), I'll have no leaks at the neck and water is retained longer - presumably exiting only at the holes in the soil.

I punched out the bottom hole, filled up a qt. bottle with water and poked it into the ground next to the plant. It slowly drips the water out right where it needs to be, no wasted water. I have 3 sets of these and I think they are great.

However, we have an arbor that has planting boxes on either side... except they have slats rather than being solid, so cannot hold dirt. Still we want to grow in them!

So we got 2 growing bags per side, and tried that. It was mostly effective, until a few super-hot days dried out the soil and killed the vines.

We'd tried these sorts of things before in a conventional tomato planting, and they worked great, so now we got more to keep the vines from drying out... though thus far that's not been a danger this summer!

Bought the for y hanging pots and they didn't work as described or expected.

Bottom LineNo, I would not recommend this to a friend

Merchant response: We're sorry that you have been disappointed with this product. We guarantee our products 100% and are happy to stand behind that promise. We have reached out to you so we can make this right. We hope you call our friendly customer service staff at 1-800-876-5520 so we can resolve all issues. These cones are great for getting water directly to plants roots but they do not add additional functionality.

This product works well, as advertised. I first saw it mentioned on Appalachia's Homestead. I now have one at each of my tomato, cucumber, pepper, and squash plants, and am pleased at the ease of watering.

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